Larry Warren, MOB Gang Racketeering, Indiana 2023

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Indianapolis Gang Members Indicted on Racketeering Charges

The MOB Gang, responsible for a number of area pharmacy robberies, taking prescription narcotics for street sale, has been hit with federal racketeering charges. The indictment alleges that members of the gang robbed numerous Indianapolis-area pharmacies and distributed the stolen prescription drugs on the street.

The indictment charges six defendants with violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute. The RICO statute was used in 2013 to successfully prosecute members of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club.

According to the indictment, members of The Mob committed at least 24 pharmacy robberies from December 2014 through June 2016. The gang, which operated near the area of 40th and Boulevard Place in Indianapolis, commonly robbed opiate prescription drugs, including OxyContin, Percocet, and Roxicodone, which could be illegally sold on the street for up to $15 per tablet.

The indictment further alleges that the gang used violence and the threat of violence to protect their territory through the use of social media. Members of the gang followed a code of silence (COS) forbidding members from providing information to law enforcement about their illegal activities.

Those arrested include:

Larry Warren, a/k/a Bayboy, 19
Miguel Chambers, a/k/a Mick, 20
Kye Jackson, a/k/a Fatty, 22
Anthony Jackson, a/k/a Ace, 19
Devon Taylor, 20
Alphonse Turner, a/k/a Weezy, 24
Justin Rudolph, 23

Minkler stated that his office has prosecuted 35 defendants for pharmacy robberies at 62 pharmacies in and around Marion County and Central Indiana.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives the Bloomington, Indiana Police Department and the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

Chief Bryan Roach stated, ‘Because of the collective law enforcement work of our federal partners and IMPD, we have taken some extremely dangerous individuals off of the streets of Indianapolis.’